Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne will admit she has made a mistake when she appears at a Racing Victoria inquiry after returning a positive test to an appetite suppressant. Des O’Keeffe, chairman of the Australian Jockeys Association, told Melbourne radio RSN927, Payne had taken the prescribed Phentermine but had neglected… Read More »
Tiffani Brooker’s chances to become the first female apprentice to ride 50 metropolitan winners in a Brisbane season have been dented by a suspension. Caloundra-based Brooker rode her 46th metropolitan winner of the season when Beat Street scored at Doomben on Wednesday. But Brooker was later suspended for 13 days… Read More »
Jockey Bobby El-Issa has had a four-month suspension for his handling of a horse in a country race overturned on appeal. El-Issa received the hefty penalty after Racing NSW stewards determined he had not given the Ron Quinton-trained Soul Testa every chance to win or obtain the best possible place… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne has been stood down after returning a positive test to an appetite suppressant. Payne, who last week competed at the famous Royal Ascot meeting in England, will attend an inquiry on Thursday into the finding of the substance in a sample she provided at the… Read More »
Five-time Melbourne jockeys’ premiership winner Craig Williams has taken the lead in this season’s title race with a winning double at Sandown. Williams is in a battle with apprentice Beau Mertens and put his nose in front courtesy of wins aboard Yogi and Gibbon on Wednesday while Mertens went winless… Read More »
Gangly gelding Sneaky Glance is headed to the Grafton Guineas after making it three wins from three starts for trainer Toby Edmonds. Sneaky Glance responded to hard riding from Jeff Lloyd to give Edmonds his 60th metropolitan win for the season in Wednesday’s Gallopers Club Hcp (1660m) at Doomben. “He… Read More »
Special Missile has finally found the ideal launch pad for a maiden win at Warwick Farm on a track infinitely better than his last attempt. The John Thompson-trained three-year-old started favourite at Wyong on June 8 with the meeting called off after he raced and ran second. He broke his… Read More »
Robbie Griffiths will weigh up whether two-year-old Evolutionist makes his city debut at Caulfield or bids to get a maiden win on the board in the country. Evolutionist made an encouraging debut at Bendigo last Wednesday, finishing a close second to Takemehomemister in an 1100m 2YO Handicap, and is an… Read More »
While Rachel King is enjoying a superb run of form in Sydney during the winter, fellow apprentice Jean Van Overmeire has had his own moment to savour at Warwick Farm. Van Overmeire, who grew up near English equine epicentre Newmarket, achieved his first metropolitan win on Wednesday when the Bjorn… Read More »
Tony Noonan admits it has been a while since he has had a headline horse but the Group One-winning trainer believes debut city winner Elite Legacy has a promising career ahead of him. Elite Legacy was a $6 chance in Wednesday’s Chandler Macleod Plate (1000m) at Sandown and powered to… Read More »
Improving two-year-old Diomedes has had to survive a protest before continuing his sire Golden Archer’s great start to his stud career. Diomedes became Golden Archer’s eighth Australian winner and ninth overall when he won Wednesday’s Mount Franklin 2YO Plate (1350m) at Doomben. Brad Pengelly on second placed Naked fired in… Read More »
Centre Pivot finally looks poised to return to racing for the first time since January with Sydney’s weather forecast all but assuring a comeback in the Civic Stakes at Rosehill. Randwick trainer Peter Robl has been waiting for the best part of a month to run the six-year-old and as… Read More »
The Peter and Paul Snowden partnership can put the icing on a million dollar winter with Acatour at the Sunshine Coast. Acatour will be having the second run of a short Queensland campaign in Saturday’s Group Three Sunshine Coast Guineas (1600m). The Snowdens have already won $1,066,000 prize money since… Read More »
Retiring Sunshine Coast Turf Club chief executive Mick Sullivan believes the club can become one of the most powerful in Australia in coming years. Sullivan will oversee his 18th and final Caloundra Cup meeting at Corbould Park on Saturday. He joined the cub in February 2000 and will retire next… Read More »
Dual Irish Derby winner Pat Smullen is relishing the opportunity to bid for a third aboard Cracksman. Smullen replaces the injured Frankie Dettori in Sunday’s Classic at the Curragh. The Frankel colt was favourite to give trainer John Gosden and owner-breeder Anthony Oppenheimer victory in the Epsom Derby earlier in… Read More »
A former jockey and track rider who fell off a horse and died in regional Victoria had “devoted her life to thoroughbred racing”. Donna Philpot, aged in her 40s, died at Bendigo Racecourse on Tuesday morning, despite the efforts of paramedics to save her. Racing Victoria confirmed her identity on… Read More »
Champion Sydney trainer Chris Waller has confirmed his Queensland satellite stable will be on the Gold Coast. The facility will be managed by Paul Shailer who spent many years as Waller’s assistant in Sydney before returning to New Zealand where he trained in his own right for several years. Waller… Read More »
Barriers will decide whether Group One placegetter Faraway Town heads to Queensland for a stakes race or stays at home in Sydney. The Matthew Smith-trained filly is among the entries for Saturday’s Group Three Sunshine Coast Guineas (1600m) and a benchmark race over 1500 metres at Rosehill. Although she has… Read More »
A former Adelaide mare who has recently gone through the sale ring and changed stables is in line to make her Sydney debut for Canberra trainer Matthew Dale. Stakes-placed I Am Gypsy is nominated for Saturday’s 1100m Benchmark-93 Handicap at Rosehill with the mare in what is expected to be… Read More »
With Highway Handicap experts Matt Dunn and Matthew Dale giving other trainers an opportunity at Rosehill, Cameron Crockett sees his greatest competition possibly coming from within his own stable. The Mudgee horseman has two runners listed for Saturday’s Class Three Highway Handicap (1800m) for country-trained horses and finds it difficult… Read More »
